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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years

Uganda Ebola - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.

The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in the capital, Kampala, Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry, told reporters Thursday.

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